In the medieval town of Naudars, albino children are revered and protected...sometimes against their own will. When Naudars is attacked, all able-bodied men rise to defend their home. Dorothea--one of the albino children--is prepared to defy tradition and enlist in the military, but before she can do that, she must combat a population scandalized by the very existence of a young woman warrior. This spirited sword-wielding girl will have to defend her role even as she defends the land she loves.